Reports: The King opens Fire Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
424A
Date Released
22 Jul 1937
Date submitted
21 Jul 1937
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Marconi Passes: a Tribute by Eric Dunstan
  2. 2Reports: The King opens Fire Brigade Headquarters at Lambeth
  3. 3Reports: Russian Polar Expedition in Moscow
  4. 4Reports: Spanish Harvest
  5. 5Reports: Walked to Capetown
  6. 6Reports: Osa Johnson arrives in Nairobi
  7. 7Aviation: The new America bomber, the ‘Flying Fortress’
  8. 8Birdlore: with voice notes by Carl Bernard
  9. 9Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Davis Cup Inter Zone Final
  10. 10Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Tennis Match - Charlie Chaplin & Groucho Marx v Perry & Vines
  11. 11Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Athletics - Oxford & Cambridge defeat Harvard & Yale

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 11
Section Title
Reports
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The King Opens Fire Brigade Headquarters. SHOTLIST: Good shot of the exterior of the new building at Lambeth. King and Queen arriving. Elevated shot. Elevated shot of Fire Engine in yard. Man rises on turntable ladder. King and Queen watching. Seen seated in royal stand. Fireman jumps into net below. King and Queen inside the building. The fire engines turn out into the street.
Keywords
Royalty; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Ceremonies
Footage sources
Local
Card file number
5518
Credits:
Commentator
Ivan Scott
Length of story (in feet)
43
Story extras:
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